2021-01-12 10:05:26 GMT2021-01-12 18:05:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
COLOMBO, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) Sri Lanka s Ministry of Power plans to build the first underground electricity transmission network in the country in the southern district of Galle, state media reported here Tuesday.
Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma was quoted by state-owned Daily News as saying that the project will be implemented in cooperation with his ministry and the state-owned Lanka Electricity Company.
Alahapperuma said that 2,370 families who do not have access to electricity in the district of Galle will receive supply by the end of 2022.
He said that generation of renewable energy in the district should be promoted through the installation of solar panels and a waste-to-energy program. Enditem
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Dullas Alahapperuma
Alahapperuma made this announcement while handing over the Kandana Customer Service Center of Lanka Electricity (Pvt) Ltd. to the public on Thursday.
Speaking at the event, he said different parties, different governments had different hopes for the people, but this government gave the people a completely different hope how to build a fossil fuel-free power sector. “We successfully vested the Mannar Wind Power Plant to the people on the 8th. In addition, we have already made plans for the first solar power garden to be built in Sri Lanka,” he said.“Our sole objective is to increase the contribution of clean energy to 70 percent by 2030,”
Fri, Dec 18, 2020, 12:17 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Dec 17, Colombo: Construction of Sri Lanka’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) power plant will begin in January, Minister of Power Dullas Alahapperuma said Thursday.
Construction of the first LNG power plant at Kerawalapitiya, Wattala is expected to be commissioned by the Prime Minister in January, Minister Dullas Alahapperuma announced while participating in the dedication of the Kandana Customer Service Center of Lanka Electricity (Pvt) Ltd. to the people this morning (17).
Speaking at the event, the Minister said different parties, different governments had different hopes for the people, but this government gave the people a completely different hope - how to build a fossil fuel free power sector.